Is Amazon a ‘Top Seller’ of Fraudulent Supplements?

Amazon is the leading player in the US supplement market, but an investigation revealed many products it sells lack potency, contain high levels of heavy metals and use fraudulent labeling.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Amazon is the largest retailer of dietary supplements, with more than $10 billion in annual sales

• Independent testing conducted by NOW Foods revealed many supplements sold on Amazon are “subpar quality”

• In one example, nearly all of the 400-mg dry capsule CoQ10 tested contained much less of the active ingredient than advertised on the lab…